Engaging with human rights : how subnational actors use human rights treaties in policy processes / Jonathan Miaz, Evelyne Schmid, Matthieu Niederhauser, Constance Kaempfer, Martino Maggetti.
By: Miaz, Jonathan [author.]
Contributor(s): Schmid, Evelyne [author.] | Niederhauser, Matthieu [author.] | Kaempfer, Constance [author.] | Maggetti, Martino [author.]
Language: English Series: Palgrave Macmillan socio-legal studies: Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, published by Springer Nature, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (xv, 134 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031535178; 9783031535185; 3031535189Subject(s): International law and human rights -- Switzerland | International law and human rights -- Switzerland -- Cantons | Human rights -- Government policy -- Switzerland | Human rights -- Government policy -- Switzerland -- Cantons | TreatiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: LOC classification: K3240Online resources: Full text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view. Summary: "Making human rights a reality requires that various types of domestic actors take measures, which is often demanding, all the more so in federal systems. This book shows that an important part is played at the subnational level, with repeated back-and-forth between and within levels of governance rather than a 'top-down' trajectory. The dynamics of implementation at national and sub-national level is an emerging area of study. This book explores how actors use human rights treaties in the policy process, sometimes leading to an engagement that increases human rights implementation, and at other times not. Treaties provide both opportunities and constraints. Switzerland, as a highly decentralized federal state, offers a perfect setting to study the processes at work. Using legal, political, and sociological analyses, the authors draw on over 65 semi-structured interviews and focus on two topical case studies: violence against women, including domestic violence, and the rights of persons with disabilities. This book provides a blueprint for other researchers and practitioners who wish to study the concrete implementation and impacts of human rights obligations"--Publisher.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Making human rights a reality requires that various types of domestic actors take measures, which is often demanding, all the more so in federal systems. This book shows that an important part is played at the subnational level, with repeated back-and-forth between and within levels of governance rather than a 'top-down' trajectory. The dynamics of implementation at national and sub-national level is an emerging area of study. This book explores how actors use human rights treaties in the policy process, sometimes leading to an engagement that increases human rights implementation, and at other times not. Treaties provide both opportunities and constraints. Switzerland, as a highly decentralized federal state, offers a perfect setting to study the processes at work. Using legal, political, and sociological analyses, the authors draw on over 65 semi-structured interviews and focus on two topical case studies: violence against women, including domestic violence, and the rights of persons with disabilities. This book provides a blueprint for other researchers and practitioners who wish to study the concrete implementation and impacts of human rights obligations"--Publisher.
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Jonathan Miaz is a lecturer and researcher in political science at the Institute of Political Studies of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Evelyne Schmid is a professor of international law at the Centre of Comparative, European, and International Law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Matthieu Niederhauser is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Constance Kaempfer works at the Directorate of International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. Martino Maggetti is an associate professor of political science at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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